Olim inter nos primi: nunc eheu! decessi; 
nunquam obliti. 
SYDNEY EVERSHED 
(1876-1878). 
Born at Albury, Surrey, in 1824. After some years training at 
Messrs. Stansfelds’ Brewery, London, Mr. Evershed came to Burton 
in 1854, and established the brewery S. Evershed and Co., now 
incorporated in Messrs. Marston, Thompson and Evershed. 
He was Mayor of Burton in 1880 and 1881, and Member of the 
Burton (U.D.) School Board 1873-1882 
He was Liberal Member for the Burton Division of Staffordshire 
from 1886 to 1900. 
He was a keen sportsman and lover of Nature, and an enthusiastic 
supporter of games and athletics. 
He took a very thorough interest in the formation of this Society, 
taking the chair at the inaugural Meeting held at the Grammar 
School, October 27th, 1876, and he was elected its first President. 
He attended many of the Meetings and usually had interesting 
remarks to make relative to the subjects under discussion. 
He died in London November 7th, 1903, aged 79. 
